Registration for Religious Education will be held at the Parish Center, located at the corner of 3rd and Spring Streets in downtown Kingman, this weekend, August 23-24th, after all Masses. Classes are open to children and young people ages 4 years (Pre-Kindergarten) to Grade 12. For information on Religious Education, please contact Grace McNair at 753-3359, extension 13.

All interested parishioners are invited to the Parish Center at 2 PM on Saturday, August 23rd, to participate in a planning meeting for our October Church Picnic! Tickets for the picnic will be sold after all Masses the weekends of August 30-31st through September 27-28th at the Church. Tickets are also available for sale now at the Parish Center. For more information, call 753-3359.

St. Mary's Gift Shop will hold its annual Inventory Clearance Sale on Sunday, August 31st, after the 8 AM and 10:30 AM Masses. Important Note: The sale will be held in Room #1 of the Parish Center. Be sure to stop by the sale - you don't want to miss these "heavenly" bargains!!!

You can warm the hearts of those in need through the support of the Fall Coat Drive! The Optimist Club, in cooperation with the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Andy's Cleaners, is again requesting your donation of new or gently-used coats or jackets. Children's coats and jackets are especially needed. The collection of coats and jackets will be held during August and September.

Please drop off the coats and jackets at Andy's Cleaners, 2601 Stockton Hill Road. There is NO CHARGE to individuals dropping off donated coats and jackets. Note - coats and jackets ONLY, please. Each year, Andy's cleaners donates the cleaning and refurbishing of the coats for this charitable project. During October, the coats will be distributed FREE OF CHARGE to those in need by the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Watch for information on the date for the beginning of the coat distribution.

The Knights of Columbus council #3145 is chartering a Boy Scout Troop. The troop meets on Thursday evenings at 7 PM at the Knights of Columbus Hall, located at 2255 East Butler Avenue. Troop membership is open to all boys ages 12 through 18 years of age in the area regardless of which Church they attend. For information, contact the Parish Center.

Would you like to participate in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament? For information on Adoration, please leave a message and your contact information for John and Mimi Timko at the Parish Office, 753-3359.

As our Blessed Mother brings us to her Son, Jesus, it is our task also to bring others to the Lord. Is there someone you can invite to explore the Roman Catholic faith - someone unbaptized, or baptized in a non-Catholic Christian tradition? Perhaps you know a Catholic adult who has not yet received the Sacrament of Confirmation? For more information, please leave a message for John and Mimi Timko at the Parish Center, 753-3359.